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I’m Andrei Neagoie, Founder and Lead Instructor of the Zero To Mastery Academy.

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 CONTENTS

Python Types:
Numbers, Strings, Boolean, Lists, Dic onaries, Tuples, Sets, None

Python Basics:
Comparison Operators, Logical Operators, Loops, Range, Enumerate,
Counter, Named Tuple, OrderedDict

Func ons:
Func ons, Lambda, Comprehensions, Map,Filter,Reduce, Ternary, Any,All,
Closures, Scope

Advanced Python:
Modules, Iterators, Generators, Decorators, Class, Excep ons,
Command Line Arguments, File IO, Useful Libraries

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NUMBERS
Python's 2 main types for Numbers is int and oat (or integers and oa ng point
numbers).

type(1) # int
type(-10) # int
type(0) # int
type(0.0) # float
type(2.2) # float
type(4E2) # float - 4*10 to the power of 2

# Arithmetic
10 + 3 # 13
10 - 3 # 7
10 * 3 # 30
10 ** 3 # 1000
10 / 3 # 3.3333333333333335
10 // 3 # 3 --> floor division - no decimals and returns an int
10 % 3 # 1 --> modulo operator - return the reminder. Good for deciding if
number is even or odd

# Basic Functions
pow(5, 2) # 25 --> like doing 5**2
abs(-50) # 50
round(5.46) # 5
round(5.468, 2)# 5.47 --> round to nth digit
bin(512) # '0b1000000000' --> binary format
hex(512) # '0x200' --> hexadecimal format

# Converting Strings to Numbers

age = input("How old are you?")

age = int(age)

pi = input("What is the value of pi?")

pi = float(pi)

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STRINGS
Strings in python are stored as sequences of le ers in memory.

type('Hellloooooo') # str

'I\'m thirsty'
"I'm thirsty"
"\n" # new line
"\t" # adds a tab

'Hey you!'[4] # y
name = 'Andrei Neagoie'
name[4] # e
name[:] # Andrei Neagoie
name[1:] # ndrei Neagoie
name[:1] # A
name[-1] # e
name[::1] # Andrei Neagoie
name[::-1] # eiogaeN ierdnA
name[0:10:2]# Ade e
# : is called slicing and has the format [ start : end : step ]

'Hi there ' + 'Timmy' # 'Hi there Timmy' --> This is called string concatenation
'*'*10 # **********

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# Basic Functions
len('turtle') # 6

# Basic Methods
' I am alone '.strip() # 'I am alone' --> Strips all whitespace
characters from both ends.
'On an island'.strip('d') # 'On an islan' --> # Strips all passed
characters from both ends.
'but life is good!'.split() # ['but', 'life', 'is', 'good!']
'Help me'.replace('me', 'you') # 'Help you' --> Replaces first with
second param
'Need to make fire'.startswith('Need')# True
'and cook rice'.endswith('rice') # True
'bye bye'.index(e) # 2
'still there?'.upper() # STILL THERE?
'HELLO?!'.lower() # hello?!
'ok, I am done.'.capitalize() # 'Ok, I am done.'
'oh hi there'.find('i') # 4 --> returns the starting
index position of the first occurrence
'oh hi there'.count('e') # 2

# String Formatting
name1 = 'Andrei'
name2 = 'Sunny'
print(f'Hello there {name1} and {name2}') # Hello there Andrei and
Sunny - Newer way to do things as of python 3.6
print('Hello there {} and {}'.format(name1, name2)) # Hello there Andrei and
Sunny
print('Hello there %s and %s' %(name1, name2)) # Hello there Andrei and
Sunny --> you can also use %d, %f, %r for integers, floats, string
representations of objects respectively

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#Palindrome check

word = 'reviver'

p = bool(word.find(word[::-1]) + 1

print(p) # True

BOOLEAN
True or False. Used in a lot of comparison and logical opera ons in Python.

bool(True)

bool(False)

# all of the below evaluate to False. Everything else will evaluate to True in

Python.

print(bool(None))

print(bool(False))

print(bool(0))

print(bool(0.0))

print(bool([]))

print(bool({}))

print(bool(()))

print(bool(''))

print(bool(range(0)))

print(bool(set()))

# See Logical Operators and Comparison Operators section for more on booleans.

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LISTS
Unlike strings, lists are mutable sequences in python.

my_list = [1, 2, '3', True]# We assume this list won't mutate for each example
below
len(my_list) # 4
my_list.index('3') # 2
my_list.count(2) # 1 --> count how many times 2 appears

my_list[3] # True
my_list[1:] # [2, '3', True]
my_list[:1] # [1]
my_list[-1] # True
my_list[::1] # [1, 2, '3', True]
my_list[::-1] # [True, '3', 2, 1]
my_list[0:3:2] # [1, '3']

# : is called slicing and has the format [ start : end : step ]

# Add to List
my_list * 2 # [1, 2, '3', True, 1, 2, '3', True]
my_list + [100] # [1, 2, '3', True, 100] --> doesn't mutate original
list, creates new one
my_list.append(100) # None --> Mutates original list to [1, 2, '3', True,
100] # Or: <list> += [<el>]
my_list.extend([100, 200]) # None --> Mutates original list to [1, 2, '3', True,
100, 200]
my_list.insert(2, '!!!') # None --> [1, 2, '!!!', '3', True] - Inserts item
at index and moves the rest to the right.

' '.join(['Hello','There'])# 'Hello There' --> Joins elements using string as

separator.

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# Copy a List

basket = ['apples', 'pears', 'oranges']

new_basket = basket.copy()

new_basket2 = basket[:]

# Remove from List

[1,2,3].pop() # 3 --> mutates original list, default index in the pop method

is -1 (the last item)

[1,2,3].pop(1) # 2 --> mutates original list

[1,2,3].remove(2)# None --> [1,3] Removes first occurrence of item or raises

ValueError.

[1,2,3].clear() # None --> mutates original list and removes all items: []

del [1,2,3][0] #

# Ordering

[1,2,5,3].sort() # None --> Mutates list to [1, 2, 3, 5]

[1,2,5,3].sort(reverse=True) # None --> Mutates list to [5, 3, 2, 1]

[1,2,5,3].reverse() # None --> Mutates list to [3, 5, 2, 1]

sorted([1,2,5,3]) # [1, 2, 3, 5] --> new list created

list(reversed([1,2,5,3]))# [3, 5, 2, 1] --> reversed() returns an iterator

# Useful operations

1 in [1,2,5,3] # True

min([1,2,3,4,5])# 1

max([1,2,3,4,5])# 5

sum([1,2,3,4,5])# 15

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 # Get First and Last element of a lis

mList = [63, 21, 30, 14, 35, 26, 77, 18, 49, 10

first, *x, last = mList

print(first) #6

print(last) #1

# Matrix
matrix = [[1,2,3], [4,5,6], [7,8,9]]
matrix[2][0] # 7 --> Grab first first of the third item in the matrix object

# Looping through a matrix by rows:

mx = [[1,2,3],[4,5,6]]
for row in range(len(mx)):
for col in range(len(mx[0])):
print(mx[row][col]) # 1 2 3 4 5 6

# Transform into a list:

[mx[row][col] for row in range(len(mx)) for col in range(len(mx[0]))] #
[1,2,3,4,5,6]

# Combine columns with zip and *:

# List Comprehensions

# new_list[<action> for <item> in <iterator> if <some condition>]

a = [i for i in 'hello'] # ['h', 'e', 'l', 'l', '0']

b = [i*2 for i in [1,2,3]] # [2, 4, 6]

c = [i for i in range(0,10) if i % 2 == 0]# [0, 2, 4, 6, 8]

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# Advanced Functions

list_of_chars = list('Helloooo') # ['H', 'e',

'l', 'l', 'o', 'o', 'o', 'o']

sum_of_elements = sum([1,2,3,4,5]) # 15

element_sum = [sum(pair) for pair in zip([1,2,3],[4,5,6])] # [5, 7, 9]

sorted_by_second = sorted(['hi','you','man'], key=lambda el: el[1])# ['man',

'hi', 'you']

sorted_by_key = sorted([

{'name': 'Bina', 'age': 30},

{'name':'Andy', 'age': 18},

{'name': 'Zoey', 'age': 55}],

key=lambda el: (el['name']))# [{'name': 'Andy', 'age':

18}, {'name': 'Bina', 'age': 30}, {'name': 'Zoey', 'age': 55}]

# Read line of a file into a list

with open("myfile.txt") as f

lines = [line.strip() for line in f

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DICTIONARIES
Also known as mappings or hash tables. They are key value pairs that are guaranteed
to retain order of inser on star ng from Python 3.7.

my_dict = {'name': 'Andrei Neagoie', 'age': 30, 'magic_power': False}

my_dict['name'] # Andrei Neagoie
len(my_dict) # 3
list(my_dict.keys()) # ['name', 'age', 'magic_power']
list(my_dict.values()) # ['Andrei Neagoie', 30, False]
list(my_dict.items()) # [('name', 'Andrei Neagoie'), ('age', 30),
('magic_power', False)]
my_dict['favourite_snack'] = 'Grapes'# {'name': 'Andrei Neagoie', 'age': 30,
'magic_power': False, 'favourite_snack': 'Grapes'}
my_dict.get('age') # 30 --> Returns None if key does not
exist.
my_dict.get('ages', 0 ) # 0 --> Returns default (2nd param) if key
is not found

#Remove key
del my_dict['name']
my_dict.pop('name', None)

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my_dict.update({'cool': True}) # {'name':

'Andrei Neagoie', 'age': 30, 'magic_power': False, 'favourite_snack': 'Grapes',

'cool': True}

{**my_dict, **{'cool': True} } # {'name':

'Andrei Neagoie', 'age': 30, 'magic_power': False, 'favourite_snack': 'Grapes',

'cool': True}

new_dict = dict([['name','Andrei'],['age',32],['magic_power',False]]) # Creates

a dict from collection of key-value pairs.

new_dict = dict(zip(['name','age','magic_power'],['Andrei',32, False]))# Creates

a dict from two collections.

new_dict = my_dict.pop('favourite_snack') # Removes

item from dictionary.

# Dictionary Comprehension

{key: value for key, value in new_dict.items() if key == 'age' or key == 'name'}

# {'name': 'Andrei', 'age': 32} --> Filter dict by keys

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TUPLES
Like lists, but they are used for immutable things (that don't change).

my_tuple = ('apple','grapes','mango', 'grapes')

apple, grapes, mango, grapes = my_tuple# Tuple unpacking

len(my_tuple) # 4

my_tuple[2] # mango

my_tuple[-1] # 'grapes'

# Immutability

my_tuple[1] = 'donuts' # TypeError

my_tuple.append('candy')# AttributeError

# Methods

my_tuple.index('grapes') # 1

my_tuple.count('grapes') # 2

# Zip

list(zip([1,2,3], [4,5,6])) # [(1, 4), (2, 5), (3, 6)]

# unzip

z = [(1, 2), (3, 4), (5, 6), (7, 8)] # Some output of zip() function

unzip = lambda z: list(zip(*z)

unzip(z

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SETS
Unordered collec on of unique elements.

my_set = set()

my_set.add(1) # {1}

my_set.add(100)# {1, 100}

my_set.add(100)# {1, 100} --> no duplicates!

new_list = [1,2,3,3,3,4,4,5,6,1]

set(new_list) # {1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6}

my_set.remove(100) # {1} --> Raises KeyError if element not found

my_set.discard(100) # {1} --> Doesn't raise an error if element not found

my_set.clear() # {}

new_set = {1,2,3}.copy()# {1,2,3}

set1 = {1,2,3}

set2 = {3,4,5}

set3 = set1.union(set2) # {1,2,3,4,5}

set4 = set1.intersection(set2) # {3}

set5 = set1.difference(set2) # {1, 2}

set6 = set1.symmetric_difference(set2)# {1, 2, 4, 5}

set1.issubset(set2) # False

set1.issuperset(set2) # False

set1.isdisjoint(set2) # False --> return True if two sets have a

null intersection.

# Frozenset

# hashable --> it can be used as a key in a dictionary or as an element in a

set.
<frozenset> = frozenset(<collection>)

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NONE
None is used for absence of a value and can be used to show nothing has been
assigned to an object.

type(None) # NoneType

a = None

COMPARISON OPERATORS
== # equal values
!= # not equal
> # left operand is greater than right operand
< # left operand is less than right operand
>= # left operand is greater than or equal to right operand
<= # left operand is less than or equal to right operand
<element> is <element> # check if two operands refer to same object in memory

LOGICAL OPERATORS
1 < 2 and 4 > 1 # True
1 > 3 or 4 > 1 # True
1 is not 4 # True
not True # False
1 not in [2,3,4]# True

if <condition that evaluates to boolean>:

# perform action1
elif <condition that evaluates to boolean>:
# perform action2
else:
# perform action3

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LOOPS
my_list = [1,2,3]
my_tuple = (1,2,3)
my_list2 = [(1,2), (3,4), (5,6)]
my_dict = {'a': 1, 'b': 2. 'c': 3}

for num in my_list:

print(num) # 1, 2, 3

for num in my_tuple:

print(num) # 1, 2, 3

for num in my_list2:

print(num) # (1,2), (3,4), (5,6)

for num in '123':

print(num) # 1, 2, 3

for k,v in my_dict.items(): # Dictionary Unpacking

print(k) # 'a', 'b', 'c'
print(v) # 1, 2, 3

while <condition that evaluates to boolean>:

# action
if <condition that evaluates to boolean>:
break # break out of while loop
if <condition that evaluates to boolean>:
continue # continue to the next line in the block

# waiting until user quits

msg = ''
while msg != 'quit':
msg = input("What should I do?")
print(msg)

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RANGE

range(10) # range(0, 10) --> 0 to 9

range(1,10) # range(1, 10)

list(range(0,10,2))# [0, 2, 4, 6, 8]

ENUMERATE
for i, el in enumerate('helloo'):

print(f'{i}, {el}')

# 0, h

# 1, e

# 2, l

# 3, l

# 4, o

# 5, o

COUNTER
from collections import Counte

colors = ['red', 'blue', 'yellow', 'blue', 'red', 'blue']

counter = Counter(colors)# Counter({'blue': 3, 'red': 2, 'yellow': 1})

counter.most_common()[0] # ('blue', 3)

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 NAMED TUPLE
• Tuple is an immutable and hashable list.
• Named tuple is its subclass with named elements.

from collections import namedtupl

Point = namedtuple('Point', 'x y')
p = Point(1, y=2)# Point(x=1, y=2)
p[0] # 1
p.x # 1
getattr(p, 'y') # 2
p._fields # Or: Point._fields #('x', 'y')

from collections import namedtupl

Person = namedtuple('Person', 'name height')
person = Person('Jean-Luc', 187)
f'{person.height}' # '187'
'{p.height}'.format(p=person)# '187'

ORDEREDDICT
Maintains order of inser on.

from collections import OrderedDic

# Store each person's languages, keeping # track of who responded first.
programmers = OrderedDict()
programmers['Tim'] = ['python', 'javascript']
programmers['Sarah'] = ['C++']
programmers['Bia'] = ['Ruby', 'Python', 'Go']

for name, langs in programmers.items():

print(name + '-->')
for lang in langs:
print('\t' + lang)

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FUNCTIONS
*args and **kwargs

Splat (*) expands a collec on into posi onal arguments, while spla y-splat (**)
expands a dic onary into keyword arguments.

args = (1, 2)
kwargs = {'x': 3, 'y': 4, 'z': 5}
some_func(*args, **kwargs) # same as some_func(1, 2, x=3, y=4, z=5)

* Inside Func on De ni on

Splat combines zero or more posi onal arguments into a tuple, while spla y-splat
combines zero or more keyword arguments into a dic onary.

def add(*a):
return sum(a)

add(1, 2, 3) # 6

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Ordering of parameters:

def f(*args): # f(1, 2, 3)

def f(x, *args): # f(1, 2, 3)
def f(*args, z): # f(1, 2, z=3)
def f(x, *args, z): # f(1, 2, z=3)

def f(**kwargs): # f(x=1, y=2, z=3)

def f(x, **kwargs): # f(x=1, y=2, z=3) | f(1, y=2, z=3)

def f(*args, **kwargs): # f(x=1, y=2, z=3) | f(1, y=2, z=3) | f(1, 2,
z=3) | f(1, 2, 3)
def f(x, *args, **kwargs): # f(x=1, y=2, z=3) | f(1, y=2, z=3) | f(1, 2,
z=3) | f(1, 2, 3)
def f(*args, y, **kwargs): # f(x=1, y=2, z=3) | f(1, y=2, z=3)

Other Uses of *
[*[1,2,3], *[4]] # [1, 2, 3, 4]

{*[1,2,3], *[4]} # {1, 2, 3, 4}

(*[1,2,3], *[4]) # (1, 2, 3, 4)

{**{'a': 1, 'b': 2}, **{'c': 3}}# {'a': 1, 'b': 2, 'c': 3}

head, *body, tail = [1,2,3,4,5]

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LAMBDA
# lambda: <return_value>

# lambda <argument1>, <argument2>: <return_value>

# Factorial

from functools import reduce

n = 3

# Fibonacci

fib = lambda n : n if n <= 1 else fib(n-1) + fib(n-2

result = fib(10

print(result) #55

COMPREHENSIONS
<list> = [i+1 for i in range(10)] # [1, 2, ..., 10]
<set> = {i for i in range(10) if i > 5} # {6, 7, 8, 9}
<iter> = (i+5 for i in range(10)) # (5, 6, ..., 14)
<dict> = {i: i*2 for i in range(10)} # {0: 0, 1: 2, ..., 9: 18}

output = [i+j for i in range(3) for j in range(3)] # [0, 1, 2, 1, 2, 3, 2, 3, 4]

# Is the same as:

output = []
for i in range(3):
for j in range(3):
output.append(i+j)

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TERNARY CONDITION
# <expression_if_true> if <condition> else <expression_if_false>

[a if a else 'zero' for a in [0, 1, 0, 3]] # ['zero', 1, 'zero', 3]

MAP FILTER REDUCE

from functools import reduce

list(map(lambda x: x + 1, range(10))) # [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8,

9,10]

list(filter(lambda x: x > 5, range(10))) # (6, 7, 8, 9)

list(reduce(lambda acc, x: acc + x, range(10))) # 45

ANY ALL
any([False, True, False])# True if at least one item in collection is truthy,

False if empty.

all([True,1,3,True]) # True if all items in collection are true

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 CLOSURES
We have a closure in Python when:
• A nested func on references a value of its enclosing func on and then
• The enclosing func on returns the nested func on.

def get_multiplier(a):
def out(b):
return a *
return out

>>> multiply_by_3 = get_multiplier(3)

>>> multiply_by_3(10)
30

• If mul ple nested func ons within enclosing func on reference the same value,
that value gets shared.
• To dynamically access func on's rst free variable use
'<func on>.__closure__[0].cell_contents'.

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SCOPE
If variable is being assigned to anywhere in the scope, it is regarded as a local variable,
unless it is declared as a 'global' or a 'nonlocal'.

def get_counter():
i = 0
def out():
nonlocal
i += 1
return
return out

>>> counter = get_counter()

>>> counter(), counter(), counter()
(1, 2, 3)

MODULES

if __name__ == '__main__': # Runs main() if file wasn't imported.

main()

import <module_name>
from <module_name> import <function_name>
import <module_name> as
from <module_name> import <function_name> as m_functio
from <module_name> import *

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ITERATORS
In this cheatsheet '<collec on>' can also mean an iterator.

<iter> = iter(<collection>)
<iter> = iter(<function>, to_exclusive) # Sequence of return values until
'to_exclusive'.
<el> = next(<iter> [, default]) # Raises StopIteration or returns 'default'
on end.

GENERATORS
Convenient way to implement the iterator protocol.

def count(start, step):

while True:

yield star

start += step

>>> counter = count(10, 2)

>>> next(counter), next(counter), next(counter)

(10, 12, 14)

DECORATORS
A decorator takes a func on, adds some func onality and returns it.

@decorator_name

def function_that_gets_passed_to_decorator():

...

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 DEBUGGER EXAMPLE
Decorator that prints func on's name every me it gets called.

from functools import wrap

def debug(func):
@wraps(func)
def out(*args, **kwargs):
print(func.__name__)
return func(*args, **kwargs)
return ou

@debug
def add(x, y):
return x + y

• Wraps is a helper decorator that copies metadata of func on add() to func on

out().
• Without it 'add.__name__' would return 'out'.

CLASS
User de ned objects are created using the class keyword.

class <name>:
age = 80 # Class Object Attribute
def __init__(self, a):
self.a = a # Object Attribute

@classmethod
def get_class_name(cls):
return cls.__name__

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INHERITANCE
class Person:
def __init__(self, name, age):
self.name = nam
self.age = ag

class Employee(Person):
def __init__(self, name, age, staff_num):
super().__init__(name, age)
self.staff_num = staff_num

MULTIPLE INHERITANCE

class A: pass

class B: pass

class C(A, B): pass

MRO determines the order in which parent classes are traversed when searching for a
method:

>>> C.mro()

[<class 'C'>, <class 'A'>, <class 'B'>, <class 'object'>]

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EXCEPTIONS
try:
5/0
except ZeroDivisionError:
print("No division by zero!")

while True:
try:
x = int(input('Enter your age: '))
except ValueError:
print('Oops! That was no valid number. Try again...')
else: # code that depends on the try block running successfully should be
placed in the else block.
print('Carry on!')
break

RAISING EXCEPTION
raise ValueError('some error message')

FINALLY
try:

raise KeyboardInterrup

except:
print('oops')

finally:

print('All done!')

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 COMMAND LINE ARGUMENTS

import sy

script_name = sys.argv[0]

arguments = sys.argv[1:]

FILE IO
Opens a le and returns a corresponding le object.

<file> = open('<path>', mode='r', encoding=None)

Modes
• 'r' - Read (default).
• 'w' - Write (truncate).
• 'x' - Write or fail if the le already exists.
• 'a' - Append.
• 'w+' - Read and write (truncate).
• 'r+' - Read and write from the start.
• 'a+' - Read and write from the end.
• 't' - Text mode (default).
• 'b' - Binary mode.

File
<file>.seek(0) # Moves to the start of the file.

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<str/bytes> = <file>.readline() # Returns a line.

<list> = <file>.readlines() # Returns a list of lines.

<file>.write(<str/bytes>) # Writes a string or bytes object.

<file>.writelines(<list>) # Writes a list of strings or bytes objects.

• Methods do not add or strip trailing newlines.

Read Text From File

def read_file(filename):

with open(filename, encoding='utf-8') as file:

return file.readlines() # or read()

for line in read_file(filename):

print(line)

Write Text To File

def write_to_file(filename, text):

with open(filename, 'w', encoding='utf-8') as file:

file.write(text)

Append Text To File

def append_to_file(filename, text):

with open(filename, 'a', encoding='utf-8') as file:

file.write(text)

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 USEFUL LIBRARIES

CSV
import csv

Read Rows From CSV File

def read_csv_file(filename):

with open(filename, encoding='utf-8') as file:

return csv.reader(file, delimiter=';')

Write Rows To CSV File

def write_to_csv_file(filename, rows):

with open(filename, 'w', encoding='utf-8') as file:

writer = csv.writer(file, delimiter=';')

writer.writerows(rows)

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JSON
import jso
<str> = json.dumps(<object>, ensure_ascii=True, indent=None)
<object> = json.loads(<str>)

Read Object From JSON File

def read_json_file(filename):
with open(filename, encoding='utf-8') as file:
return json.load(file)

Write Object To JSON File

def write_to_json_file(filename, an_object):

with open(filename, 'w', encoding='utf-8') as file:
json.dump(an_object, file, ensure_ascii=False, indent=2)

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Pickle
import pickl

<bytes> = pickle.dumps(<object>)

<object> = pickle.loads(<bytes>)

Read Object From File

def read_pickle_file(filename):

with open(filename, 'rb') as file:

return pickle.load(file)

Write Object To File

def write_to_pickle_file(filename, an_object):

with open(filename, 'wb') as file:

pickle.dump(an_object, file)

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 Pro le

Basic

from time import tim

start_time = time() # Seconds since

...

duration = time() - start_time

Math

from math import e, p

from math import cos, acos, sin, asin, tan, atan, degrees, radian

from math import log, log10, log

from math import inf, nan, isinf, isnan

Sta s cs

from statistics import mean, median, variance, pvariance, pstdev

Random

from random import random, randint, choice, shuffl

random() # random float between 0 and 1

randint(0, 100) # random integer between 0 and 100

random_el = choice([1,2,3,4]) # select a random element from list

shuffle([1,2,3,4]) # shuffles a list

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 Date me
• Module 'date me' provides 'date' <D>, ' me' <T>, 'date me' <DT> and
' medelta' <TD> classes. All are immutable and hashable.
• Time and date me can be 'aware' <a>, meaning they have de ned mezone, or
'naive' <n>, meaning they don't.
• If object is naive it is presumed to be in system's mezone.

from datetime import date, time, datetime, timedelt

from dateutil.tz import UTC, tzlocal, gets

Constructors

<D> = date(year, month, day)

<T> = time(hour=0, minute=0, second=0, microsecond=0, tzinfo=None, fold=0)

<DT> = datetime(year, month, day, hour=0, minute=0, second=0, ...)

<TD> = timedelta(days=0, seconds=0, microseconds=0, milliseconds=0,

minutes=0, hours=0, weeks=0)

• Use '<D/DT>.weekday()' to get the day of the week (Mon == 0).

• 'fold=1' means second pass in case of me jumping back from one hour.

Now

<D/DTn> = D/DT.today() # Current local date or naive datetime.

<DTn> = DT.utcnow() # Naive datetime from current UTC time.

<DTa> = DT.now(<tz>) # Aware datetime from current tz time.

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Timezone

<tz> = UTC # UTC timezone.

<tz> = tzlocal() # Local timezone.

<tz> = gettz(‘<Cont.>/<City>' # Timezone from 'Continent/City_Name' str.

<DTa> = <DT>.astimezone(<tz>) # Datetime, converted to passed timezone.

<Ta/DTa> = <T/DT>.replace(tzinfo=<tz>) # Unconverted object with new timezone.

Regex

import r

<str> = re.sub(<regex>, new, text, count=0) # Substitutes all occurrences.

<list> = re.findall(<regex>, text) # Returns all occurrences.

<list> = re.split(<regex>, text, maxsplit=0) # Use brackets in regex to keep

the matches.

<Match> = re.search(<regex>, text) # Searches for first occurrence

of pattern.

<Match> = re.match(<regex>, text) # Searches only at the beginning

of the text.

Match Object

<str> = <Match>.group() # Whole match.

<str> = <Match>.group(1) # Part in first bracket.

<tuple> = <Match>.groups() # All bracketed parts.

<int> = <Match>.start() # Start index of a match.

<int> = <Match>.end() # Exclusive end index of a match.

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Special Sequences

Expressions below hold true for strings that contain only ASCII characters. Use
capital le ers for nega on.

'\d' == '[0-9]' # Digit

'\s' == '[ \t\n\r\f\v]' # Whitespace

'\w' == '[a-zA-Z0-9_]' # Alphanumeric

CREDITS
Inspired by: h ps://github.com/gto76/python-cheatsheet

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